Arts and Entertainment News

The first time I saw Shastina Chiles onstage playing guitar at Smokin’ Tuna Saloon, she was but a mere child. The guitar looked comically big on her. She was performing with many well-known Key West musicians at some festival or fundraiser, and amazingly enough, she held her own. “I started playing gigs when I was 14,” she told me after […]

Christmas comes early this year when pianist and composer Larry Smith returns to The Studios of Key West to present his fun and soulful take on holiday classics. At 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, joined by his longtime collaborators, bassist Joe Dallas and drummer Skipper Kripitz, Smith presents a holiday jazz concert with a fresh lineup of songs — including […]

Writer/essayist Adam Gopnik has said of Libby York: “I first heard Libby York in the best way you can hear somebody: totally unexpectedly, and as a surprise. I was listening to that wonderful ‘Singers Unlimited’ show on Sunday morning from our great jazz station in Newark, and I heard a voice singing ‘Sunday in New York.’ I sat up from […]

For the month of December, SALT Gallery will feature a new collection of colorful oil paintings by eccentric local artist Scott Gruppé. To celebrate Scott’s new works, SALT will be hosting an opening reception at the gallery from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6. Scott has oil paint in his blood. The fourth-generation artist was born in Boston, lived in […]

For the month of November, SALT Gallery presents “A-MUSED,” a new collection of stunning photography and unique mixed media sculptures by local artists Martha Hubbard and Karen Luknis. While celebrated for her culinary expertise and service to fine dining establishments that include 915, Louie’s Backyard and now her chef-led cooking instruction at Isle Cook Key West, Martha turned to photography […]